Exceptions

Under certain circumstances there are exceptions to the eligibility criteria. The following are four exclusionary criteria for Trauma Assessments, Sexualized Behavior Assessments, Risk Assessments and Sibling Incest Assessments

If a client is actively suicidal, engaging in self-injurious behavior, or is a risk to self or to the community. In such cases, a client should be sent to his or her family physician, psychiatrist, or local hospital for evaluation before service can proceed.
If a client has made a suicide attempt or has engaged in suicidal thinking in the past three months and there has been a psychiatric evaluation completed with recommendations, but the client and/or family has not followed through. If this occurs, consultation with the Clinical Director should take place before service can proceed.
If there is a pending custody and access ruling in the courts.
If the victimized child remains in the home with his or her offender, or in cases of sibling-on-sibling sexual abuse, the perpetrating child/adolescent remains in contact with his/her sibling(s).